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What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more and more popular: the loose putting down of opinions as though they were facts, and the treating of facts as though they were opinions.

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Washington turned a blind eye to Al-Qaeda.
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Blind Eyes Ignore
A friend was surprised to hear me say that there was not one moment of my past that I would like to relive.
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Friendship Moments Myself Past Surprise
If you are a Representative and want to be a Senator, you must be careful not to do anything which might upset the various forces you need to harness to get elected.
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Election Force Yourself
The human race is plainly nothing in eternity, but to us, in time, it is everything and ought not to die.
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Death Forever Human Race
The only thing that I react really violently to is being misquoted.
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Misunderstanding Quote Reaction Violence
Corporations must pay tax.
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Corporation Pay Tax
Every country should have at least one King Farouk.
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Country Oneself
In the German concentration camps, Jews wore yellow stars while homosexuals wore pink lambdas.
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Camp Concentration Discrimination German Oppression
It is always a delicate matter, when a friend or acquaintance becomes president.
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Delicate Friendship President
Everything’s wrong on Wikipedia.
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Wikipedia Wrong
I’m not a conspiracy theorist – I’m a conspiracy analyst.
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Conspiracy Myself Theory
As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days.
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Age Perfection Progression Rule Television
What I like least about myself is my belligerence.
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Character Myself Nature
By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times over.
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Himself Man Material President Time
In classical times, it was a capital offense to speculate upon the hour of a king’s death or upon the identity of his successor.
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Capital Death Himself Offense Success Time
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
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Hope Newspaper Oneself People Reading

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What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more and more popular: the loose putting down of opinions as though they were facts, and the treating of facts as though they were opinions.

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